I haven't been so pissed reading a story like this in a while. **WARNING: RAPE, story contains RAPE.**
Lawyer gets entangled with a mafia boss and said mafia boss gets infatuated with him and contrives reasons for them to spend time together. Hidden secrets from the lawyer's past are revealed eventually, it's dramatic though the beginning is almost kind of fluffy. Art is really good, and the translation is good as well.
The beginning was really good. Like absolutely stellar I'd say with how believably the romance is developed. I was expecting rape or dub con, but ml backs off on multiple occasions despite being a big bad mafia boss. MC falling for ml is very organic at the beginning and their chemistry is off the charts. And then? The author ruins it. Completely and utterly. I am rarely so disappointed because I see that sort of shit coming, and it can suck, but usually it's just that kind of story, so the disappointment is pretty small. This time? This time I didn't see it coming. The story made it seem like it wasn't that kind of story with how much and well they executed on the build up. However, the RAPE took me completely by surprise and I am SO PISSED. The story had a chance to still be good, it could have turned this into a sad ending, but it could have explored the aftermath of such violence on our protagonist and ml. But of course it didn't. Hell no, that would be way too heavy now wouldn't it? Nope! Author chose to make their bed and then lie somewhere else and completely ruined any chance of the story being in any way good after that point. MC still fell for ML and pretty much forgave him for everything. Ml shot mc multiple times, kidnapped him, drugged him and then raped him for a week straight. There is no going back after that no matter how sad and broken the mafia boss is (which he wasn't really). But no MC thinks ml died, is sad about it, and when it's revealed mafia boss was actually alive he hits him a couple of times before immediately going for sex telling ml "I better enjoy it this time". This sucks. This SUCKS so bad. I am so incredibly pissed by the wasted potential! This could have been AMAZING and instead it lets you down in the worst way. Before the rape scene and the utterly botched fall out I was going to rate this 5/5 stars. Now it's 1 despite it not sucking right from the beginning. I cannot tell you how incredibly disappointed I am. For fuck sake you didn't need to do this, they could have resolved their issues without the rape ever entering into the equation. Or ml shooting mc. Because he did! Multiple times! Over a miscommunication! It's the worst. Why oh why, in a story with this much build up and care towards growing their relationship, did the couple's first time having sex have to be rape? Why when they are both in love and not just having a casual relationship, did the author insist on rape to get them to finally fuck?! It was such a sudden turn too! After the shit ml pulled mc should have recoiled at his touch, trembled in his presence, been utterly scared. Instead author just makes him angry and then immediately crave intimacy with ml. Why ruin all that good work just to tear it all down and then smash the lawyer and mafia boss together anyway?! What the ever loving fuck author?! What the actual fuck?
Do not give this the time of day. There's much better stories out there. "Shutline" has great art and has fun dubcon. Hell "Plaything" for you rape enthusiasts has all the rape you could want and it makes sense within the plot! It's *that* type of story. Also you don't have to wait 50 chapters for it either! *And* the art is great in that too! This story just wastes your time.
Roses and Champagne